Harleybird is on Mirtazapine (generic for Remeron) which is an antidepressant. It has been successfully used for months now, to keep his appetite up. His stomach emptying problem often causes him to stop eating.

We have clients who use places like 1-800-petmeds. I guess my concern would be if you bought the medication and your dog had a reaction to it would the company stand behind it if it was sold by an online pharmacy?

Also you might look around and see if these places have any reviews/if anyone else has used them.

I will order some medications online - things like dewormers and supplements. But if I need an antibiotic or something I go to the vet. I tend to hesitate because a lot of drug companies won't guarantee their products if they are not purchased from a licensed veterinarian.

I'm glad you asked this joyce, I thought about buying Oscar's supplements online, but just couldn't bring myself to do it.

For me, there is just that little question mark in the back of my mind saying "what if its a fake or isn't what it says it is?"

I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day, tomorrow doesn't look good either.
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Waaaaay back when I used to have health insurance I used to order my meds over the phone, 3 months at a time, and would save some $$. I'll have to call my mom later and ask her if she remembers the name of the place . . .

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another." -Anatole France

iluvk9 wrote:Alyssa, I can get the drug much cheaper using my insurance if I was taking it, but since it is for the dog, and I would not do anything illegal or ask my Vet to, I had to pay full price.

Oh I wasn't saying you would or should, just saying that I haven't ordered meds since I had health insurance myself, and it was much cheaper to do so with this over the phone company (which is probably now online since everything else in the world is) and the meds were never sketchy it was totally on the up and up.

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another." -Anatole France